Safety-razor-blade holder.



Hm $53,396, 'PATENTED mm 18.1w. M. n. FLETGHER.

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

15' MAR. 13. 1907.

APIELIOATION FILE S E S S E N T l W said holder, taken on lines 2-2 looking in throughout the several orrron' To (111% whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, Mourns D. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, -in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful safetydtazor Blade Holder) of specification. I

My invention relates to improve nents in devices for holding the smell blades of safety{ razors while being stroppe d, and consists of two handles provided withjaw portions which have means for retaining albladc se curely in piece between them, the-saidltwol handles and jaws being separable, and of l fastening means for the s parable members, all as hereinafter setforth.

The object of my invention is to provide a I strong, durable, simple and inexpensive de- Vice of the class specified, which can be easily and quickly manipulated for the purpose of securing and releasing the blade and is withal convenient and efficient, V I attain l this object by the means illustrated "in the accompanying dranings, in which- I Figure i is a front elevation of one-form of my holder with a razor blade in position therein; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the direction of the arrow :5 in Fig. Fig. 3, a Vertical section. on lines 3-3 looking in the direction of the arrow 9 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a vertical section on lines 4-4 looking in the. direction oi. the arrow- 10 in Fig; 1 and Fig-I l l 3, an inside face "View of one of the holder members illustrating a modified form of construction, the position which a razor blade occupies therein being indicated by dot-anddash lines.

Similar figures refer to similar views.

()nool the essential features, in a device of this kind, is to so construct the device parts release the blade and as readily closed to secure the blade in proper position 101' stropplug, a result which I tlll able to obtain with n1y invention.

provide means for For the perforated that it can be readily opened to receive or Specification of Letters Patent. Application filadMa-rch 13,1907. Serial No. 362,191. V i

which the following a the holder are represented. at ;1{3 and the Patented June 18, 1907.

with the other features of the invention.

Referring now to the drawings and first to Fi s. prdvide two independent and 1 separable pieces which constitute-the front andback of aw portion ands handl 1 portion; T cifront jaw and. handle ere represented at 1]. ,and ,12, respectively, and. the back j tw andhandle r pect y- The jaws 11Yand18 .i'n egiven a shapeexternally which will enable the blade heldthcrebetween to be; presented and applied to {the Stropinfthe best n anner and to theibest advantage,s,uchshape being niost l y shown in Fig.3. The handles1'2and'1e1 reshaped externally to iit the hand the-operator, and, their. interior surfaces-pr. faces; stahtially'i'lat 'as'arc also the inside-races of the jaws 11 and 13 'flheforniation of these parts is such "that when. thefront and back pieces are put togetherwithout any blade between their. contiguous faces coincide Either of thesefeatures be einployed 1, '2, 3,. and 4, it will be obsertedthat I and each ,of which-coni rises a areQsubv tl n'oughout, unless possibly there be a little.

divergence or separationot' thejaw for, be it remembered, the blade w device is designed to holdiis verythi jecting forward from the inside jaw 13 are two pins 15 properly orti'ons, n'ch this n. Proface of the Spaced vapart to enter the. holes a razor blade 16 when such bladeis placed onsaid jaw, and roperly'located to position said blade'wit 1 one cutting edge extending beyondthe ,thin ed e of the jaw While the rest of the blade vis wit 1-, in the jaw area... The jaw. is countersunk at 1 7-1 7 to of the pins]. sarily elongated to permit of longitudinal movement on the part clone or both offthe holder pieces, thereason for such movement being stated below, Lockingxpins 18, generally two, are set in thehandle 1 1, and each of such pins has wheel: 19 and ahead 20 which project beyond'the inside face of said handle. 'lhe licads 20 are larger than the necks 19 of the pins 18, 'In'tlie handle 14 the same pins 18, and each of said slots is hirgeenough at one end to admit the headof a pin while it is constricted at the oppositeend totfie size ol the neck of such pinwhieh is received therein. The location'and arrangement of the pins 18 and of the Slots 21 are such, in present case, that the two holder pieces can be locked together by bringing them into number of slots 21 a-s therc are,

11 on the inside receive the heads f 5, such counter-sinks being necesjaw 13 with the pins 15 in the holes in said blade, when the pieces oresepereted, and

then. the pieces are brought together and locked. The exposed edge of the blade 16 can now he stropped like the edge of any razor blade. After st-ropping the pieces are unlocked by sliding one or both of them endwise to bring the pin heads 20 egein into the larger ends of the slots 21 and so releasing the handle 12 from frictional engagement with said heads, and then separated to enable the blade to be taken out and either turned over and replaced to have its other edge stropped or removed altogether. it will now be clearly understood why it is necessary to elongate the counter-sinlxs 17 For it blade in which there are no holes adspted to receive pins, l omit the pins from the jaw and recess said jaw as shown at 22 in Fig. 5. The recess 22, like the pins 15, is so situated as to cause one cutting edge of the blade to be exposed beyond the thin edge of the holder at suliicient distance for stropping purposes. The ends of the recess 22 conform to the an nlar'or curved outlines of the ends of the bler e, consequentlya blade placed in such recess and held there by the two pieces of the holder cannot get out or move about. The holder for the imperforate blade is like the holder for the perforated blade in all respects except as noted, only, of course, the counter-sinks 17 in the front jaw are not needed when such jew is employed with the imperlornte blade.

7 It is understood that the rearrangements mentioned may be utilized and thet various;

other changes in form, proportions, size, and minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I clsim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A safety-razor hlede holder comprising two separable j ows adapted to receive a razor blade between them and having integral handles in sliding relation to each other, means to retain such blade in place between said jaws, and fastening means for the separable parts.

2. The combination, in a safety razor blade holder, of two j ews adapted to retain a razor blade in place between them, a handle vrovided with a locking pin, and another andle slotted to receive and engage said looking pin, said handles being in sliding relotion to each other for locking and releasing purposes,

3. The combination, in a safety razor blade holder, of a. jaw provided with bladeengoging pins and having a handle, a second aw zilso having a handle, said handles being mutually reciprocal for locking and releasing, purposes, and locking pins projecting from the inside fer-.0 of one of such hsmdlos, the other handle being slotted to receive and ongege said locking pins.

I 4. The combination, in a safety razor blade holder, of ev jaw provided with bladeengoging pins and having a handle, a second jaw having olon sled counter-sinks to receive the heads or said pins and also provided With a bundle, and looking pins projecting from the inside face of one of sur'h handles, the other handle being slotted to receive and engage said looking, pins. Mllliltlhl v iitnessos:

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